#161B5A#161B5A

#161B5A is a dark, moderate blue. Relative luminance 0.017; OKLCH L 26.6% C 0.111 H 272.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 15.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#161B5A
RGB	rgb(22, 27, 90)
HSL	hsl(236, 61%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(236, 76%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.6%, 70%, 0%, 64.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(13.78, 21.66, -38.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(13.78, 44.15, 299.38°)
OKLab	oklab(26.55% 0.0051 -0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(26.55% 0.111 272.6)
XYZ	xyz(2.5677, 1.6924, 9.8622)
Luminance	0.0169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#161B5A #5A5516

analogous

#163D5A #161B5A #33165A

triadic

#161B5A #5A161B #1B5A16

tetradic

#161B5A #5A163D #5A5516 #165A33

square

#161B5A #5A163D #5A5516 #165A33

split-complementary

#161B5A #5A3316 #3D5A16

monochromatic

#060719 #0A0C29 #161B5A #222A8B #2E39BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

15.69

#161B5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.34

#161B5A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #161B5A

15.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##161B5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##161B5A	1.00	15.69	1.34	15.69
#FFFFFF	15.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	15.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00265C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#002059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#002B37

Achromatopsia (no color)

#232323

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #161b5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 27, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(26.6% 0.111 272.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5e5789',
    500: '#161b5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #161b5a;
$custom-light: #5e5789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#161b5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 235.588,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.26552,
    "c": 0.11124,
    "h": 272.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.01693
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#161B5A

secondary

#918B3B

accent

#D844E4

background

#F5F5F8

surface

#EAE9F0

border

#C6C5CB

text

#05030C

muted

#79787D

Preview Lab

Preview with #161B5A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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